Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals · SOC 45-2093

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animalss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (1 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 126 metro areas

Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Salinas, CA	$62,540	70	0.4
2	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	$59,900	50	0.9
3	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$50,100	290	0.1
4	Richmond, VA	$48,880	40	0.1
5	Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	$48,870	70	0.9
6	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$47,950	320	0.2
7	Topeka, KS	$47,490	50	0.5
8	Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$47,430	50	0.1
9	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	$46,860	50	0.1
10	Chattanooga, TN-GA	$46,580	40	0.2
11	Boulder, CO	$46,260	60	0.3
12	Greensboro-High Point, NC	$46,130	90	0.2
13	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$45,970	100	0.5
14	Montgomery, AL	$45,700	80	0.5
15	Boise City, ID	$45,670	120	0.3
16	St. Cloud, MN	$45,290	30	0.3
17	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$45,140	130	0.1
18	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$44,930	410	0.2
19	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$44,750	30	0.2
20	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$44,300	380	0.2
21	Charlottesville, VA	$43,960	40	0.4
22	Urban Honolulu, HI	$43,560	90	0.2
23	Bend, OR	$43,220	40	0.3
24	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$42,910	370	0.2
25	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$42,590	340	0.2

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.